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Me and Orson Welles
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan.
Duration: 114 Minutes
Rating: PG - Mild course language and sexual references
Release Date: 29 July, 2010
Cast: Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan.
Duration: 114 Minutes
Rating: PG - Mild course language and sexual references
Release Date: 29 July, 2010
Based on the novel by Robert Kaplow, RIchard Linklater's ME AND ORSON WELLES is a romantic, coming-of-age story about a teenager who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it's being re-imagined by a brilliant young director named Orson Welles.
New York, November, 1937: Seventeen-year-old high school student Richard (Zac Efron) spends his days dreaming of the bright lights of Broadway. One day he happens upon Mr. Welles (Christian Mckay in a towering performance) out the front of the fledgling Mercury Theatre. Richard impresses Welles with an impromptu audition and lands an unpaid bit-part. He is taught the ropes by a beautiful, ambitious production assistant, Sonja (Claire Danes), whom he quickly falls for.
Despite the chaotic rehearsals and Welles’s notorious artistic temperament, Richard relishes his exciting new life as an actor, but he's soon to learn the hard way that all's fair in love and theatre, especially when Orson Welles is around.
Now Showing at Palace Balwyn, Palace Barracks, Chauvel Cinema, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Dendy Brighton, Palace Westgarth"This coming-of-age story, compressed into one week of Richard's life, is an exhilarating ride, a witty, fascinating insight into one of the towering talents of last century" Margaret Pomeranz AT THE MOVIES
"4/4. The impersonation of Welles by Christian McKay is the centerpiece of the film, and from it, all else flows. We can almost accept that this is the Great Man"
Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"There are moments, especially when Welles is alternating between acting as Brutus and directing everyone else, that it's possible to forget you're watching an actor and really believe you're beholding Orson Welles at work"
Todd McCarthy, VARIETY
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